The prayer celine dion andrea bocelli lyrics

One of the most poignant songs of our times is The Prayer, a crossover duet recorded by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Canada’s best-selling recording artist Celine Dion. Written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa and Tony Renis, it won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and, a year later, was nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award.

The ballad was originally recorded in two solo versions – one in English and the other in Italian – for the film Quest for Camelot, appearing on the official soundtrack. However, the decision was later made to combine the two songs into a single bilingual track and release it as a single on March 1st 1999. It appears on their respective albums Sogno (Bocelli) and These Are Special Times (Dion).

The Prayer – Listen on YouTube

Here is one of the most famous performances of The Prayer at Central Park, New York in 2011. It has been viewed more than 170 million times on YouTube.

The Prayer – English & Italian Lyrics (with Translation)

I pray you’ll be our eyes
And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise
In times when we don’t know
Let this be our prayer
When we lose our way
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe

La luce che tu dai (the light that you give)
I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore resterà (In my heart it will remain)
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarci che (To remind us that)
When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei (You are the eternal star)

Nella mia preghiera (In my prayer)
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’è (There is so much faith)
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe

Sogniamo un mondo senza più violenza (We dream of a world with no more violence)
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza (A world of justice and hope)
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino (Everyone shakes hands with their neighbour)
Simbolo di pace e di fraternità (A symbol of peace and fraternity)

La forza che ci dai (The strength you give us)
We ask that life be kind
È il desiderio che (And the desire that)
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amor (Everyone will find love)
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro a sé (Around and inside themselves)
Another soul to love
Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Just like every child

Need to find a place,
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe
E la fede che (And the faith that)
Hai acceso in noi (You have ignited within us)
Sento che ci salverà (I feel it will save us)

The Prayer – Italian Lyrics (with Translation)

Bocelli’s Italian version of The Prayer is available on the soundtrack of the film Quest for Camelot, alongside Dion’s English version. You can listen to it below and follow along with the lyrics and translation.

It’s the exquisite classical crossover duet that has been covered on every talent show under the sun: but nobody does it better than Bocelli and Dion.

‘The Prayer’ was heard on national television over the weekend, when X Factor contestant Sephy Francisco delivered an extraordinary performance of it.

Here’s everything you need to know about the classical song.

Who sings ‘The Prayer’?

‘The Prayer’ is a phenomenally successful classical crossover duet, recorded by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion.

The song won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, as well as being nominated for an Academy Award (1999) for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award (2000).

Praised by audiences and critics alike, Chuck Taylor from Billboard called it “a breathtaking, ultra-lush song, and the tour de force combination of Dion and Bocelli will send a half-dozen chills up your spine.”

But it wasn’t always planned as a duet. ‘The Prayer’ was originally recorded in two solo versions for the movie Quest for Camelot: in English by Dion, and in Italian by Bocelli.

The best-known version of the song, which includes lines in both English and Italian, was first released as a single on 1 March 1999.

What is the meaning of ‘The Prayer’?

‘The Prayer’ is hugely popular with choirs and cover artists, because of its gorgeous melody.

It garnered attention again recently, when X Factor contestant Sephy Francisco gave an extraordinary performance of the song in Week Two of the 2018 series. Britain’s Got Talent contestants Jonathan and Charlotte also performed it for their audition in 2012.

But the song is also a request for peace, guidance and kindness, making it a common choice for memorial services. Its lyrics, although they aren’t always interpreted as such, are spiritual, and ask the subject of the song to ‘watch us where we go’ and ‘help us to be wise’.

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